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AT RIGHT: White-winged and Inca Doves are newly established (since 2001-02) summer residents in southwest Oklahoma. They remain very rare, though increasing, in winter. This Lawton backyard hosted up 10 Inca, 1 White-winged (seen here), and 7 Eurasian Collared Doves through the winter of 05-06. |
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Today, as a test of the logistical viability of resurrecting the Fort Sill CBC next year, 5 observers in 3 parties in 20 party hrs covered about 40% of the count circle; principally the portion involving Fort Sill proper although 80% of West Range or 15% of the count circle was hot (live fire) and thus avoided. Even so, in fairly wretched weather (frequent snow showers reducing visibility to a half mile) which saw songbirds reluctant to show themselves, the tally of 87 species bodes well for future efforts. Notables included a male Mountain Bluebird within the Cantonment area of Fort Sill found by Glen Wampler, and a male Eastern Towhee seen by myself and Eric Beck. The mass of juncos cannot be nor understated. I have to believe that a full blown effort would have counted 2-3 times as many. Hundreds of these birds were spread out along roadsides or over dirt parking areas such that the plumages could be studied in detail. This effort produced two Pink-sided and 4 Oregon Juncos. Notable misses include White-crowned and Le Conte's Sparrows.
10/10 cloud; N 5-8 mph; 22 F at dawn to 34; trace snow; minimal ice cover;
Canada Goose -113 Gadwall - 187 Mallard - 80 Northern Pintail - 8 Northern Shoveler - 16 American Wigeon - 34 Green-winged Teal - 8 Lesser Scaup - 49 Redhead - 29 Canvasback - 4 Ring-necked Duck - 141 Bufflehead - 64 Common Goldeneye - 25 Hooded Merganser - 2 Ruddy Duck – 1 Northern Bobwhite - 50 Common Loon – 2 Pied-billed Grebe - 48 Horned Grebe - 17 American White Pelican - 4 Great Blue Heron - 7 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Northern Harrier - 28 Red-tailed Hawk - 45 Red-shouldered Hawk - 7 American Kestrel - 6 American Coot - 454 Killdeer - 6 Least Sandpiper – 1 Wilson's Snipe - 2 Ring-billed Gull - 536 Rock Pigeon - 38 White-winged Dove - 1 Inca Dove - 5 Mourning Dove - 15 Belted Kingfisher - 3 Red-headed Woodpecker - 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 25 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 32 Hairy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 74 Eastern Phoebe - 2 Loggerhead Shrike - 2 Blue Jay - 60 American Crow - 28 Carolina Chickadee - 80 Tufted Titmouse - 37 White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 Brown Creeper - 1 Canyon Wren - 2 Carolina Wren - 21 Bewick's Wren - 1 Winter Wren - 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 Eastern Bluebird - 67 Mountain Bluebird - 1 Northern Mockingbird - 14 Brown Thrasher - 2 European Starling - 114 American Pipit - 4 Cedar Waxwing - 227 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 11 Eastern Towhee - 1 Spotted Towhee - 57 Field Sparrow - 72 Vesper Sparrow - 12 Savannah Sparrow - 72 Fox Sparrow - 10 Song Sparrow - 147 Lincoln's Sparrow - 4 White-throated Sparrow - 38 Harris's Sparrow - 54 Dark-eyed Junco - 1680 ---- Oregon Junco - 4 ----- Pink-sided Junco - 2 Lapland Longspur - 1 Northern Cardinal - 114 Red-winged Blackbird - 40 Eastern Meadowlark – 10 Western Meadowlark - 1 Meadowlark spp. - 71 Common Grackle - 5 Great -tailed Grackle - 7 Brown-headed Cowbird – 150 House Finch - 13 American Goldfinch - 47 Pine Siskin - 4 House Sparrow - 20 Count Week Eurasian Collared-Dove Hermit Thrush Chipping Sparrow Wild Turkey |
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Fun with sparrows: Southwestern Oklahoma is home to 22 species of sparrow in winter. Couple that with several different races/intergrades from eastern and western populations and the observer can have a binocular full of variety. Here for example is a typical result of pishing up a roadside flock. Can you identify the 4 species depcited here? Answers given in the mouse-over caption. Photo taken 19 Dec 2005 on Wichita Mtns W.R. near shoreline of L. Lawtonka; copyright 2005, 2006 Victor W. Fazio III. |
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Vic Fazio
Shaker Hts, OH
